International security
After two days, the Eastern Partnership summit that ended in Riga on Friday yielded a 13-page declaration and one insight: The European Union doesn't have much to offer to the six former Soviet republics to its east. Still, three of the partnership nations -- Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine -- aren't going to abandon their efforts to get closer to Europe, because the alternative is even worse: embracing Vladimir Putin's Russia. The other three -- Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus -- don't expect much from Europe, anyway.
After two days, the Eastern Partnership summit that ended in Riga on Friday yielded a 13-page declaration and one insight: The European Union doesn't have much to offer to the six former Soviet republics to its east. Still, three of the partnership nations -- Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine -- aren't going to abandon their efforts to get closer to Europe, because the alternative is even worse: embracing Vladimir Putin's Russia. The other three -- Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus -- don't expect much from Europe, anyway.
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